First look: New apartments greenlit on Bellevue Hill's dress circle Victoria Road
Bellevue Hill's dress circle Victoria Road is set for a new apartment development, with the Woollahra Council signing off on a boutique block of 12 apartments near
Local developers Mark Alexander and Eugene Shaw are behind the $11 million plans for the 1,107 sqm block at 214-218 Victoria Road, an amalgamation of three sites backing onto Cooper Park on the corner of Victoria and Old South Head Road.
Two semi-detached dwellings and a standalone home will make way for the Bureah SRH-designed, five-level building that will offer a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments.
The sole one-bed spans 60 sqm, the two-bed apartments start from 77 sqm and the three-bedroom units from 110 sqm. They will sit above 25 parking spaces.
Architect Simon Hanson's Bureah SRH said in their submissions to the Woollahra Council that the project is designed to integrate into the site and the locality and reflect the style and design of character provided for in the Council's future vision for the area.
"The project has grown through a thoughtful design process which has fundamentally addressed the demand for quality outcomes for residents and the wider Eastern Suburbs community," the report noted.
"The design concept for this proposal has grown simultaneously from the consideration of the surrounding natural landforms and future urban requirements. The development strives to enhance and engage the public domain through a range of architectural devices. The articulated built form establishes a significant street presence. The site is situated on a major intersection of Victoria Road and Old South Head Road.
"Architectural devices such as fixed horizontal privacy screens, planter boxes create a distant presence busy street frontage and provide an acceptable level of privacy protection. The relationship between the apartments and the public domain is further enriched by an open landscaped private open space on ground floor and large balconies on the upper levels."
Mark Alexander and Eugene Shaw have worked in the area before. Their most recent project was on Boronia Road where they developed the luxury Tesoro building.
